1971 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.233362+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	5-0-0	1	28.5	15.8	18.83	4.15	0.85
2	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	27.59	31.4	11.89	4.97	0.03
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-0	1	27.58	22.5	13.4	3.46	0.54
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.3	18.25	13.26	3.93	0.07
5	Nebraska	Big 8	5-0-0	1	27.22	30.8	9.87	4.95	0.05
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.9	31.75	8.61	3.92	0.08
7	Toledo	Mid-American	5-0-0	1	26.77	18.2	10.5	4.69	0.31
8	Georgia	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.54	25.6	8.02	4.8	0.2
9	Arizona State	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	26.36	20	7.58	3.67	0.33
10	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-0-0	1	26.3	19.67	8.31	2.9	0.1
11	Auburn	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.28	24.75	6.6	3.83	0.17
12	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.27	14.6	8.54	4.54	0.46
13	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	26.19	33.2	5.62	4.98	0.02
14	Cornell	Ivy	3-0-0	1	25.99	14.33	7.07	2.49	0.51
15	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	25.11	22.75	1.46	3.91	0.09
16	Stanford	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	22.66	16	15.6	4.72	-0.72
17	Arkansas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	22.36	22.6	12.13	4.51	-0.51
18	Washington	Pac-8	4-1-0	0.8	22.1	21.2	8.27	4.24	-0.24
19	LSU	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.87	22.6	9.17	4.54	-0.54
20	Duke	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	21.72	10.6	8.23	4.7	-0.7
21	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.68	10	12.46	3.92	0.08
22	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.63	8.6	12.16	3.87	0.13
23	William & Mary	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	21.56	11.4	7.65	3.88	0.12
24	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	21.34	6.75	15.23	2.74	0.26
25	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.32	13.2	9.57	4.25	-0.25
26	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.15	8.6	9.85	3.94	0.06
27	North Carolina	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.68	17.6	0.5	4.5	-0.5
28	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.65	13.25	8.31	3.22	-0.22
29	Iowa State	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.6	8.5	9.94	2.92	0.08
30	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.33	17.75	8.76	3.52	-0.52
31	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-1-0	0.8	20.32	12.2	3.28	4.39	-0.39
32	Tennessee	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.2	13	10.29	3.59	-0.59
33	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.19	8.25	12.12	3.21	-0.21
34	Houston	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.92	6	10.78	2.74	0.26
35	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-1-0	0.8	19.57	13.8	-1.07	4.52	-0.52
36	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-1-0	0.75	18.42	0.75	10.56	2.08	0.92
37	Tampa	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.08	22.75	-4.56	3.63	-0.63
38	Louisville	Missouri Valley	2-1-1	0.5	17.88	7.75	12.66	3.13	-1.13
39	Hawai'i	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.13	17.67	1.96	2.81	-0.81
40	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-1	0.5	16.81	1.5	8.19	2.2	-0.2
41	Kansas	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	16.79	8.2	14.73	3.63	-0.63
42	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.66	0	17.59	1.5	0.5
43	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.5	16	-0.04	2.76	-0.76
44	Yale	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	16.49	7.67	1.28	2.26	-0.26
45	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	16.27	2.25	7.69	2.43	-0.43
46	San Diego State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	16.25	5.67	2.82	2.28	-0.28
47	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	16.04	-0.33	4.73	1.46	0.54
48	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-1-1	0.5	15.84	-1.75	14.01	1.81	0.19
49	Harvard	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	15.83	2.33	3.71	1.74	0.26
50	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.64	8	6.43	3.93	-0.93
51	Miami	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	15.33	6.25	19.96	2.76	-0.76
52	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.22	-1.4	16.16	2.34	0.66
53	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	15.02	1.8	3.5	2.81	0.19
54	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	14.38	10.25	15.85	2.93	-0.93
55	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	14.26	10.5	15.89	2.99	-0.99
56	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	13.48	-2.8	14.25	2.01	0.99
57	Arizona	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	13.41	1.25	10.05	2.19	-0.19
58	Fresno State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	13.4	1.6	-3.64	2.78	0.22
59	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	13.32	-2.2	10.94	2.21	0.79
60	The Citadel	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	13.31	-0.4	3.64	2.46	0.54
61	California	Pac-8	3-2-0	0.6	13.26	-5.2	14.26	1.87	1.13
62	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-2-1	0.4	12.94	2.8	10.5	2.85	-0.85
63	USC	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	11.84	5.4	12.38	3.35	-1.35
64	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-2-1	0.4	11.58	-3	9.24	2.06	-0.06
65	BYU	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	11.25	3.2	9.63	2.96	-0.96
66	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.18	-4.75	10.9	1.55	0.45
67	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	10.85	-4.6	11.78	1.75	0.25
68	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.76	-14.5	16.81	0.44	1.56
69	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.12	-8	12.44	1.38	0.62
70	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	10.06	0	7.8	2.5	-0.5
71	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.94	-0.4	10.29	2.42	-0.42
72	Kansas State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	9.84	-2.8	19.43	2.04	-0.04
73	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	9.78	-1.2	14.53	2.2	-0.2
74	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.66	-0.8	13.05	2.31	-0.31
75	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	9.62	-1.4	13.74	2.31	-0.31
76	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	9.32	0	2.4	2.5	-0.5
77	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	8.91	-7.5	-6.32	1.1	0.9
78	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.89	-2	17.39	2.12	-0.12
79	Furman	Southern	2-2-1	0.4	8.7	-5.4	-6.22	1.31	0.69
80	Oregon State	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	8.5	-4	9.37	2.09	-0.09
81	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	8.37	-2.6	14.2	1.93	0.07
82	Washington State	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	8.34	-5	8.45	1.92	0.08
83	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.73	-6.4	11.79	1.78	0.22
84	Oregon	Pac-8	2-3-0	0.4	7.59	-12.8	18	1.14	0.86
85	TCU	Southwest	1-2-1	0.25	7.36	-2.5	15.75	1.77	-0.77
86	Columbia	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	7.02	-1	-0.17	1.37	-0.37
87	VMI	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	6.04	-0.25	7.05	1.96	-0.96
88	Memphis	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	5.75	-2	15.66	1.76	-0.76
89	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.41	-13.5	23.69	0.45	0.55
90	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.39	-6.5	1.39	1.29	-0.29
91	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.1	-9.75	3.03	0.43	0.57
92	Baylor	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.08	-16.5	15.42	0.26	0.74
93	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.95	-14.5	15.83	0.4	0.6
94	SMU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.91	-17.25	15.76	0.34	0.66
95	Maryland	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.79	-4	13.6	1.91	-0.91
96	Utah	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.78	-6.75	14.54	1.42	-0.42
97	Clemson	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	3.65	-9.5	17.73	0.44	0.56
98	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.55	-12	-3.93	0.56	0.44
99	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.46	-21.75	8.19	0.32	0.68
100	San José State	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.44	-10.75	13.79	0.94	0.06
101	Marshall	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.39	-25	4.66	0.24	0.76
102	Richmond	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.27	-14.5	17.38	0.12	0.88
103	Indiana	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.27	-6.6	9.1	1.24	-0.24
104	Missouri	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	3.06	-12	18.01	0.45	0.55
105	Texas-Arlington	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	2.9	-20.25	14.27	0.1	0.9
106	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.9	-13.6	15.37	0.65	0.35
107	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.83	-14	13.56	0.9	0.1
108	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.7	-15.8	11.74	0.56	0.44
109	Mississippi State	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.66	-18.4	17.5	0.44	0.56
110	Kentucky	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-18	12.51	0.43	0.57
111	East Carolina	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.56	-18	17.85	0.61	0.39
112	Virginia	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.47	-20.8	19.28	0.3	0.7
113	Navy	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.29	-27.8	16.88	0.23	0.77
114	NC State	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	2.24	-12.2	15.16	0.82	0.18
115	UCLA	Pac-8	1-4-0	0.2	2.21	-12.8	16.15	1.06	-0.06
116	Davidson	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	1.84	-16.6	6.86	0.5	0.5
117	Brown	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-1.73	-7	9.04	0.88	-0.88
118	Princeton	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.02	-9.33	14.68	0.73	-0.73
119	Pacific	PCAA	0-5-0	0	-2.04	-9.4	13.78	0.7	-0.7
120	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.19	-10	20.04	0.99	-0.99
121	Xavier	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.19	-13.25	8.79	0.37	-0.37
122	North Texas	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.33	-18	1.58	0.1	-0.1
123	Chattanooga	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.45	-17.4	8.24	0.68	-0.68
124	Florida	SEC	0-5-0	0	-2.7	-19	20.16	0.22	-0.22
125	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-4-0	0	-2.76	-25.75	10.81	0.05	-0.05
126	Iowa	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.91	-26.4	15.59	0.38	-0.38
127	Illinois	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.93	-23.4	20.24	0.07	-0.07